JOY 2 Chronicles 30:26

There was great joy in Jerusalem, for since the days of Solomon son of David king of Israel there had been nothing like this in Jerusalem.

2 Chronicles 7:8-10  So Solomon observed the festival at that time for seven days, and all Israel with him--a vast assembly, people from Lebo Hamath to the Wadi of Egypt. On the eighth day they held an assembly, for they had celebrated the dedication of the altar for seven days and the festival for seven days more. On the twenty-third day of the seventh month he sent the people to their homes, joyful and glad in heart for the good things the LORD had done for David and Solomon and for his people Israel.

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JOY 1 Chronicles 29:21-22a

The next day they made sacrifices to the LORD and presented burnt offerings to him: a thousand bulls, a thousand rams and a thousand male lambs, together with their drink offerings and other sacrifices in abundance for all Israel. They ate and drank with great joy in the presence of the LORD that day.

The next day they made sacrifices to the LORD and presented burnt offerings to him 

1 Kings 8:62  Then the king and all Israel with him offered sacrifices before the LORD.

and other sacrifices in abundance for all Israel 

1 Chronicles 11:1-2  All Israel came together to David at Hebron and said, "We are your own flesh and blood. In the past even while Saul was king, you were the one who led Israel on their military campaigns. And the LORD your God said to you, 'You will shepherd my people Israel, and you will become their ruler.' "

They ate and drank with great joy in the presence of the LORD that day 

1 Chronicles 12:40  Also, their neighbors from as far away as Issachar, Zebulun and Naphtali came bringing food on donkeys, camels, mules and oxen. There were plentiful supplies of flour, fig cakes, raisin cakes, wine, olive oil, cattle and sheep, for there was joy in Israel.

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JOY 1 Chronicles 29:17

"I know, my God, that you test the heart and are pleased with integrity. All these things I have given willingly and with honest intent. And now I have seen with joy how willingly your people who are here have given to you."

I know, my God, that you test the heart 

Psalm 139:23-24  Search me, God, and know my heart; test me and know my anxious thoughts. See if there is any offensive way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting.

Proverbs 15:11  Death and Destruction lie open before the LORD--how much more do human hearts!

Proverbs 17:3  The crucible for silver and the furnace for gold, but the LORD tests the heart.

Jeremiah 11:20  But you, LORD Almighty, who judge righteously and test the heart and mind, let me see your vengeance on them, for to you I have committed my cause.

Jeremiah 17:10  "I the LORD search the heart and examine the mind, to reward each person according to their conduct, according to what their deeds deserve."

And now I have seen with joy how willingly your people who are here have given to you 

1 Chronicles 28:9  "And you, my son Solomon, acknowledge the God of your father, and serve him with wholehearted devotion and with a willing mind, for the LORD searches every heart and understands every desire and every thought. If you seek him, he will be found by you; but if you forsake him, he will reject you forever."

Psalm 15:1-5  LORD, who may dwell in your sacred tent? Who may live on your holy mountain? The one whose walk is blameless, who does what is righteous, who speaks the truth from their heart; whose tongue utters no slander, who does no wrong to a neighbor, and casts no slur on others; who despises a vile person but honors those who fear the LORD; who keeps an oath even when it hurts, and does not change their mind; who lends money to the poor without interest; who does not accept a bribe against the innocent. Whoever does these things will never be shaken.

Proverbs 11:20  The LORD detests those whose hearts are perverse, but he delights in those whose ways are blameless.

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JOY 1 Chronicles 16:33

Let the trees of the forest sing, let them sing for joy before the LORD, for he comes to judge the earth.

Let the trees of the forest sing, let them sing for joy before the LORD 

Isaiah 14:8  Even the junipers and cedars of Lebanon gloat over you and say, "Now that you have been laid low, no one comes to cut us down."

Isaiah 55:12  You will go out in joy and be led forth in peace; the mountains and hills will burst into song before you, and all the trees of the field will clap their hands.

for he comes to judge the earth 

1 Samuel 2:9b-10  "It is not by strength that one prevails; those who oppose the LORD will be broken. The Most High will thunder from heaven; the LORD will judge the ends of the earth."

Psalm 7:8  Let the LORD judge the peoples. Vindicate me, LORD, according to my righteousness, according to my integrity, O Most High.

Psalm 96:10  Say among the nations, "The LORD reigns." The world is firmly established, it cannot be moved; he will judge the peoples with equity.

Psalm 98:8-9  Let the rivers clap their hands, let the mountains sing together for joy; let them sing before the LORD, for he comes to judge the earth. He will judge the world in righteousness and the peoples with equity.

Psalm 110:6  He will judge the nations, heaping up the dead and crushing the rulers of the whole earth.

Isaiah 2:4  He will judge between the nations and will settle disputes for many peoples. They will beat their swords into plowshares and their spears into pruning hooks. Nation will not take up sword against nation, nor will they train for war anymore.

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JOY 1 Chronicles 16:25-27

For great is the LORD and most worthy of praise; he is to be feared above all gods. For all the gods of the nations are idols, but the LORD made the heavens. Splendor and majesty are before him; strength and joy are in his dwelling place.

For great is the LORD and most worthy of praise 

Psalm 18:3  I called to the LORD, who is worthy of praise, and I have been saved from my enemies.

Psalm 48:1  Great is the LORD, and most worthy of praise, in the city of our God, his holy mountain.

he is to be feared

Psalm 76:7  It is you alone who are to be feared. Who can stand before you when you are angry?

Psalm 89:7  In the council of the holy ones God is greatly feared; he is more awesome than all who surround him.

above all gods 

Exodus 18:11  "Now I know that the LORD is greater than all other gods, for he did this to those who had treated Israel arrogantly."

Deuteronomy 32:39  "See now that I myself am he! There is no god besides me. I put to death and I bring to life, I have wounded and I will heal, and no one can deliver out of my hand."

2 Chronicles 2:5  "The temple I am going to build will be great, because our God is greater than all other gods."

Psalm 135:5  I know that the LORD is great, that our Lord is greater than all gods.*

Isaiah 40:25  "To whom will you compare me? Or who is my equal?" says the Holy One.

but the LORD made the heavens 

Psalm 8:3-4  When I consider your heavens, the work of your fingers, the moon and the stars, which you have set in place, what is mankind that you are mindful of them, human beings that you care for them?

Psalm 102:25  In the beginning you laid the foundations of the earth, and the heavens are the work of your hands.

*In the NIV Old Testament "Yahweh" is rendered "the LORD" and "Adonai" is rendered "Lord"

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JOY 1 Chronicles 12:40

Also, their neighbors from as far away as Issachar, Zebulun and Naphtali came bringing food on donkeys, camels, mules and oxen. There were plentiful supplies of flour, fig cakes, raisin cakes, wine, olive oil, cattle and sheep, for there was joy in Israel.

There were plentiful supplies 

2 Samuel 16:1  When David had gone a short distance beyond the summit, there was Ziba, the steward of Mephibosheth, waiting to meet him. He had a string of donkeys saddled and loaded with two hundred loaves of bread, a hundred cakes of raisins, a hundred cakes of figs and a skin of wine.

2 Samuel 17:28b-29  They also brought wheat and barley, flour and roasted grain, beans and lentils, honey and curds, sheep, and cheese from cows' milk for David and his people to eat. For they said, "The people have become exhausted and hungry and thirsty in the wilderness."

fig cakes, raisin cakes, wine, olive oil, cattle and sheep 

1 Samuel 25:18  Abigail acted quickly. She took two hundred loaves of bread, two skins of wine, five dressed sheep, five seahs of roasted grain, a hundred cakes of raisins and two hundred cakes of pressed figs, and loaded them on donkeys.

for there was joy in Israel 

1 Chronicles 29:22  They ate and drank with great joy in the presence of the LORD that day. Then they acknowledged Solomon son of David as king a second time, anointing him before the LORD to be ruler and Zadok to be priest.

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JOY Deuteronomy 16:15

For seven days celebrate the festival to the LORD your God at the place the LORD will choose. For the LORD your God will bless you in all your harvest and in all the work of your hands, and your joy will be complete.

Job 38:4-7  "Where were you when I laid the earth's foundation? Tell me, if you understand. Who marked off its dimensions? Surely you know! Who stretched a measuring line across it? On what were its footings set, or who laid its cornerstone--while the morning stars sang together and all the angels shouted for joy?"

Psalm 28:7  The LORD is my strength and my shield; my heart trusts in him, and he helps me. My heart leaps for joy, and with my song I praise him.

Psalm 30:11-12  You turned my wailing into dancing; you removed my sackcloth and clothed me with joy, that my heart may sing your praises and not be silent. LORD my God, I will praise you forever.

John 3:29  "The bride belongs to the bridegroom. The friend who attends the bridegroom waits and listens for him, and is full of joy when he hears the bridegroom's voice. That joy is mine, and it is now complete."

John 15:11  "I have told you this so that my joy may be in you and that your joy may be complete."

John 16:24  "Until now you have not asked for anything in my name. Ask and you will receive, and your joy will be complete."

Philippians 2;1-2  Therefore if you have any encouragement from being united with Christ, if any comfort from his love, if any common sharing in the Spirit, if any tenderness and compassion, then make my joy complete by being like-minded, having the same love, being one in spirit and of one mind.

1 John 1:4  We write this to make our joy complete.

2 John 12  I have much to write to you, but I do not want to use paper and ink. Instead, I hope to visit you and talk with you face to face, so that our joy may be complete.

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JOY Leviticus 9:23-24

Moses and Aaron then went into the tent of meeting. When they came out, they blessed the people; and the glory of the LORD appeared to all the people. Fire came out from the presence of the LORD and consumed the burnt offering and the fat portions on the altar. And when all the people saw it, they shouted for joy and fell facedown.

and the glory of the LORD appeared to all the people 

Exodus 24:15-17  When Moses went up on the mountain, the cloud covered it, and the glory of the LORD settled on Mount Sinai. For six days the cloud covered the mountain, and on the seventh day the LORD called to Moses from within the cloud. To the Israelites the glory of the LORD looked like a consuming fire on top of the mountain.

Leviticus 9:6  Then Moses said, "This is what the LORD has commanded you to do, so that the glory of the LORD may appear to you."

Exodus 40:34-35  Then the cloud covered the tent of meeting and the glory of the LORD filled the tabernacle. Moses could not enter the tent of meeting because the cloud had settled on it, and the glory of the LORD filled the tabernacle.

2 Chronicles 7:1-2  When Solomon finished praying, fire came down from heaven and consumed the burnt offering and the sacrifices, and the glory of the LORD filled the temple. The priests could not enter the temple of the LORD because the glory of the LORD filled it.

Fire came out from the presence of the LORD 

Exodus 19:18  Mount Sinai was covered with smoke, because the LORD descended on it in fire. The smoke billowed up from it like smoke from a furnace, and the whole mountain trembled violently.

Judges 13:20  As the flame blazed up from the altar toward heaven, the angel of the LORD ascended in the flame. Seeing this, Manoah and his wife fell with their faces to the ground.

Leviticus 10:2  So fire came out from the presence of the LORD and consumed them, and they died before the LORD.

And when all the people saw it, they shouted for joy and fell facedown 

1 Kings 18:38-39  Then the fire of the LORD fell and burned up the sacrifice, the wood, the stones and the soil, and also licked up the water in the trench. When all the people saw this, they fell prostrate and cried, "The LORD--he is God! The LORD--he is God!"

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JOY Genesis 31:27

"Why did you run off secretly and deceive me? Why didn't you tell me, so I could send you away with joy and singing to the music of timbrels and harps?"

Why didn't you tell me

Genesis 31:20  Moreover, Jacob deceived Laban the Aramean by not telling him he was running away.

So I could send you away with joy and singing to the music of timbrels and harps 

Genesis 4:21  His brother's name was Jubal; he was the father of all who play stringed instruments and pipes.

Exodus 15:20  Then Miriam the prophet, Aaron's sister, took a timbrel in her hand; and all the women followed her, with timbrels and dancing.

Judges 11:34  When Jephthah returned to his home in Mizpah, who should come out to meet him but his daughter, dancing to the sound of timbrels! She was an only child. Except for her, he had neither son nor daughter.

1 Samuel 10:5  "After that you will go to Gibeah of God, where there is a Philistine outpost. As you approach the town, you will meet a procession of prophets coming down from the high place with lyres, timbrels, pipes and harps being played before them, and they will be prophesying."

2 Samuel 6:5  David and all Israel were celebrating with all their might before the LORD, with castanets, harps, lyres, timbrels, sistrums and cymbals.

Psalm 68:25  In front are the singers, after them the musicians; with them are the young women playing the timbrels.

Isaiah 24:8  The joyful timbrels are stilled, the noise of the revelers has stopped, the joyful harp is silent.

Jeremiah 31:4  "I will build you up again, and you, Virgin Israel, will be rebuilt. Again you will take up your timbrels and go out to dance with the joyful."

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FEAR Revelation 14:6-7

Then I saw another angel flying in midair, and he had the eternal gospel to proclaim to those who live on the earth--to every nation, tribe, language and people. He said in a loud voice, "Fear God and give him glory, because the hour of his judgment has come. Worship him who made the heavens, the earth, the sea and the springs of water."

Then I saw another angel flying in midair 

Revelation 8:13  As I watched, I heard an eagle that was flying in midair call out in a loud voice: "Woe! Woe! Woe to the inhabitants of the earth, because of the trumpet blasts about to be sounded by the other three angels!"

Revelation 19:17  And I saw an angel standing in the sun, who cried in a loud voice to all the birds flying in midair, "Come, gather together for the great supper of God, ..."

and he had the eternal gospel to proclaim to those who live on the earth 

Revelation 3:10  "Since you have kept my command to endure patiently, I will also keep you from the hour of trial that is going to come on the whole world to test the inhabitants of the earth."

to every nation, tribe, language and people 

Revelation 13:7  It (the beast) was given power to wage war against God's holy people and to conquer them. And it was given authority over every tribe, people, language and nation.

He said in a loud voice, "Fear God" 

Psalm 34:9  Fear the LORD, you his holy people, for those who fear him lack nothing.

Revelation 15:4  "Who will not fear you, Lord, and bring glory to your name? For you alone are holy. All nations will come and worship before you, for your righteous acts have been revealed."

and give him glory, because the hour of his judgment has come 

Revelation 11:13  At that very hour there was a severe earthquake and a tenth of the city collapsed. Seven thousand people were killed in the earthquake, and the survivors were terrified and gave glory to the God of heaven.

Worship him who made the heavens, the earth, the sea and the springs of water 

Revelation 10:6  And he (the angel) swore by him who lives for ever and ever, who created the heavens and all that is in them, the earth and all that is in it, and the sea and all that is in it, and said, "There will be no more delay!"

Revelation 8:10  The third angel sounded his trumpet, and a great star, blazing like a torch, fell from the sky on a third of the rivers and on the springs of water--...

Revelation 16:4  The third angel poured out his bowl on the rivers and springs of water, and they become blood.

Exodus 20:11  "For in six days the LORD made the heavens and the earth, the sea and all that is in them, but he rested on the seventh day. Therefore the LORD blessed the Sabbath day and made it holy."

Psalm 146:6  He is the maker of heaven and earth, the sea, and everything in them--he remains faithful forever.

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FEAR Jude 22-23

Be merciful to those who doubt; save others by snatching them from the fire; to others show mercy, mixed with fear--hating even the clothing stained by corrupted flesh.

save others by snatching them from the fire 

Amos 4:11-13  "I overthrew some of you as I overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah. You were like a burning stick snatched from the fire, yet you have not returned to me," declares the LORD. "Therefore this is what I will do to you, Israel, and because I will do this to you, Israel, prepare to meet your God." He who forms the mountains, who creates the wind, and who reveals his thoughts to mankind, who turns dawn into darkness, and treads on the heights of the earth--the LORD God Almighty is his name.

Zechariah 3:2-5  The LORD said to Satan, "The LORD rebuke you, Satan! The LORD who has chosen Jerusalem, rebuke you! Is not this man a burning stick snatched from the fire?" Now Joshua was dressed in filthy clothes as he stood before the angel. The angel said to him, "Take off his filthy clothes." Then he said to Joshua, "See, I have taken away your sin, and I will put fine garments on you."

1 Corinthians 3:12-15  If anyone builds on this foundation (Jesus Christ) using gold, silver, costly stones, wood, hay or straw, their work will be shown for what it is, because the Day will bring it to light. It will be revealed with fire, and the fire will test the quality of each person's work. If what has been built survives, the builder will receive a reward. If it is burned up, the builder will suffer loss but yet will be saved--even though only as one escaping through the flames.

to others show mercy, mixed with fear--hating even the clothing stained by corrupted flesh 

Revelation 3:4  "Yet you have a few people in Sardis who have not soiled their clothes. They will walk with me, dressed in white, for they are worthy."

Revelation 3:17-18  "You say, 'I am rich, I have acquired wealth and do not need a thing.' But you do not realize that you are wretched, pitiful, poor, blind and naked. I counsel you to buy from me gold refined in the fire, so you can become rich; and white clothes to wear, so you can cover your shameful nakedness; and salve to put on your eyes, so you can see."

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FEAR 1 John 4:18

There is no fear in love. But perfect love drives out fear, because fear has to do with punishment. The one who fears is not made perfect in love.

Romans 8:14-16  For those who are led by the Spirit of God are the children of God. The Spirit you received does not make you slaves, so that you live in fear again; rather the Spirit you received brought about your adoption to sonship. And by him we cry, "Abba, Father." The Spirit himself testifies with our spirit that we are God's children.

1 John 4:13-17  This is how we know that we live in him and he in us: He has given us of his Spirit. And we have seen and testify that the Father has sent his Son to be the Savior of the world. If anyone acknowledges that Jesus is the Son of God, God lives in them and they in God. And so we know and rely on the love God has for us. God is love. Whoever lives in love lives in God, and God in them. This is how love is made complete among us so that we will have confidence on the day of judgment: In this world we are like Jesus.

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FEAR Philippians 2:12-13 Part 3 of 3

Therefore, my dear friends, as you have always obeyed--not only in my presence, but now much more in my absence--continue to work out your salvation with fear and trembling, for it is God who works in you to will and to act in order to fulfill his good purpose.  

to will and to act 

Galatians 5:6  For in Christ Jesus neither circumcision nor uncircumcision has any value. The only thing that counts is faith expressing itself through love.

James 2:18  But someone will say, "You have faith; I have deeds." Show me your faith without deeds, and I will show you my faith by my deeds.

James 2:20  You foolish person, do you want evidence that faith without deeds is useless?

James 2:22  You see that his (Abraham's) faith and his actions were working together, and his faith was made complete by what he did.

in order to fulfill his good purpose 

Ephesians 1:4-6  For he chose us in him before the creation of the world to be holy and blameless in his sight. In love he predestined us for adoption to sonship through Jesus Christ, in accordance with his pleasure and will--to the praise of his glorious grace, which he has freely given us in the One he loves.

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FEAR Philippians 2:12-13 Part 2 of 3

Therefore, my dear friends, as you have always obeyed--not only in my presence, but now much more in my absence--continue to work out your salvation with fear and trembling, for it is God who works in you to will and to act in order to fulfill his good purpose.

for it is God who works in you 

Ezra 1:5  Then the family heads of Judah and Benjamin, and the priests and Levites--everyone whose heart God had moved--prepared to go up and build the house of the LORD in Jerusalem.

1 Corinthians 12:6  There are different kinds of working, but in all of them and in everyone it is the same God at work.

1 Corinthians 15:10  But by the grace of God I am what I am, and his grace to me was not without effect. No, I worked harder than all of them--yet not I, but the grace of God that was in me.

Galatians 2:8  For God, who was at work in Peter as an apostle to the circumcised, was also at work in me as an apostle to the Gentiles.

Hebrews 13:20-21  Now may the God of peace, who through the blood of the eternal covenant brought back from the dead our Lord Jesus, that great Shepherd of the sheep, equip you with everything good for doing his will, and may he work in us what is pleasing to him, through Jesus Christ, to whom be glory for ever and ever. Amen.

Colossians 1:28-29  He is the one we proclaim, admonishing and teaching everyone with all wisdom, so that we may present everyone fully mature in Christ. To this end I strenuously contend with all the energy Christ so powerfully works in me.

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FEAR Philippians 2:12-13 Part 1 of 3

Therefore, my dear friends, as you have always obeyed--not only in my presence, but now much more in my absence--continue to work out your salvation with fear and trembling, for it is God who works in you to will and to act in order to fulfill his good purpose.

continue to work out your salvation with fear and trembling 

2 Corinthians 7:15  And his (Titus') affection for you is all the greater when he remembers that you were all obedient, receiving  him with fear and trembling.

Matthew 24:12-13  "Because of the increase of wickedness, the love of most will grow cold, but the one who stands firm to the end will be saved."

1 Corinthians 9:24 Do you not know that in a race all the runners run, but only one gets the prize? Run in such a way as to get the prize.

Hebrews 3:14 We have come to share in Christ, if indeed we hold our original conviction firmly to the end.

Hebrews 6:10-11  God is not unjust; he will not forget your work and the love you have shown him as you have helped his people and continue to help them. We want each of you to show this same diligence to the very end, so that what you hope for may be fully realized.

2 Peter 1:5-8  For this very reason, make every effort to add to your faith goodness; and to goodness, knowledge; and to knowledge, self-control; and to self-control, perseverance; and to perseverance, godliness; and to godliness, mutual affection; and to mutual affection, love. For if you possess these qualities in increasing measure, they will keep you from being ineffective and unproductive in your knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.

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FEAR 2 Corinthians 5:11

Since, then, we know what it is to fear the Lord, we try to persuade others. What we are is plain to God, and I hope it is also plain to your conscience.

Since, then, we know what it is to fear the Lord, we try to persuade others 

Job 23:13-16  "But he stands alone, and who can oppose him? He does whatever he pleases. He carries out his decree against me, and many such plans he still has in store. That is why I am terrified before him; when I think of all this, I fear him. God has made my heart faint; the Almighty has terrified me."

Hebrews 10:31  It is a dreadful thing to fall into the hands of the living God.

Hebrews 12:28-29  Therefore, since we are receiving a kingdom that cannot be shaken, let us be thankful, and so worship God acceptably with reverence and awe, for our "God is a consuming fire." (Deuteronomy 4:24)

Jude 22-23  Be merciful to those who doubt; save others by snatching them from the fire; to others show mercy mixed with fear--hating even the clothing stained by corrupted flesh.

2 Corinthians 5:10  For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, so that each of us may receive what is due us for the things done while in the body, whether good or bad.

Genesis 21:11  Abraham replied, "I said to myself, 'There is surely no fear of God in this place, and they will kill me because of my wife.' "

Proverbs 1:7  The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge, but fools despise wisdom and instruction.

What we are is plain to God, and I hope it is also plain to your conscience

2 Corinthians 4:2  Rather, we have renounced secret and shameful ways; we do not use deception, nor do we distort the word of God. On the contrary, by setting forth the truth plainly we commend ourselves to everyone's conscience in the sight of God.

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FEAR Luke 12:4-7

"I tell you, my friends, do not be afraid of those who kill the body and after that can do no more. But I will show you whom you should fear: Fear him who, after your body has been killed, has authority to throw you into hell. Yes, I tell you, fear him. Are not five sparrows sold for two pennies? Yet not one of them is forgotten by God. Indeed, the very hairs of your head are all numbered. Don't be afraid; you are worth more than many sparrows."

I tell you, my friends 

John 15:14-15  "You are my friends if you do what I command. I no longer call you servants, because a servant does not know his master's business. Instead, I have called you friends, for everything that I learned from my Father I have made known to you."

do not be afraid of those who kill the body and after that can do no more 

Matthew 10:28  "Do not be afraid of those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul. Rather, be afraid of the One who can destroy both soul and body in hell."

Fear him who, after your body has been killed, has authority to throw you into hell. Yes, I tell you, fear him. 

Hebrews 10:31  It is a dreadful thing to fall into the hands of the living God.

the very hairs of your head are all numbered 

Matthew 10:30-31  "And even the very hairs of your head are all numbered. So don't be afraid; you are worth more than many sparrows."

you are worth more than many sparrows 

Matthew 12:11-12  He said to them, "If any of you has a sheep and it falls into a pit on the Sabbath, will you not take hold of it and lift it out? How much more valuable is a person than a sheep! Therefore it is lawful to do good on the Sabbath."

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FEAR Jeremiah 17:7-8 Part 2 of 2

"But blessed is the one who trusts in the LORD, whose confidence is in him. They will be like a tree planted by the water that sends out roots by the stream. It does not fear when heat comes; its leaves are always green. It has no worries in a year of drought and never fails to bear fruit."

It has no worries in a year of drought 

Jeremiah 14:1-6  This is the word of the LORD that came to Jeremiah concerning the drought: "Judah mourns, her cities languish; they wail for the land, and a cry goes up from Jerusalem. The nobles send their servants for water; they go to the cisterns but find no water. They return with their jars unfilled; dismayed and despairing, they cover their heads. The ground is cracked because there is no rain in the land; the farmers are dismayed and cover their heads. Even the doe in the field deserts her newborn fawn because there is no grass. Wild donkeys stand on the barren heights and pant like jackals; their eyes fail for lack of food."

and never fails to bear fruit 

Psalm 1:3  That person is like a tree planted by streams of water, which yields its fruit in season and whose leaf does not wither--whatever they do prospers.

Psalm 92:12-15  The righteous will flourish like a palm tree, they will grow like a cedar of Lebanon; planted in the house of the LORD, they will flourish in the courts of our God. They will still bear fruit in old age, they will stay fresh and green, proclaiming, "The LORD is upright; he is my rock, and there is no wickedness in him."

Ezekiel 19:10  " 'Your mother was like a vine in your vineyard planted by the water; it was fruitful and full of branches because of abundant water.' "

Ezekiel 47:12  "Fruit trees of all kinds will grow on both banks of the river. Their leaves will not wither, nor will their fruit fail. Every month they will bear fruit, because the water from the sanctuary flows to them. Their fruit will serve for food and their leaves for healing."

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FEAR Jeremiah 17:7-8 Part 1 of 2

"But blessed is the one who trusts in the LORD, whose confidence is in him. They will be like a tree planted by the water that sends out roots by the stream. It does not fear when heat comes; its leaves are always green. It has no worries in a year of drought and never fails to bear fruit."

But blessed is the one who trusts in the LORD, whose confidence is in him 

Psalm 146:5  Blessed are those whose help is the God of Jacob, and whose hope is in the LORD their God.

Psalm 26:1  Vindicate me, LORD, for I have led a blameless life; I have trusted in the LORD and have not faltered.

Psalm 34:8  Taste and see that the LORD is good; blessed is the one who takes refuge in him.

Psalm 40:4  Blessed is the one who trusts in the LORD, who does not look to the proud, to those who turn aside to false gods.

Proverbs 16:20  Whoever gives heed to instruction prospers, and blessed is the one who trusts in the LORD.

Jeremiah 39:18  " 'I will save you; you will not fall by the sword but will escape with your life, because you trust in me, declares the LORD.' "

They will be like a tree planted by water that sends out roots by the stream 

Job 14:8-9  "Its roots may grow old in the ground and its stump die in the soil, yet at the scent of water it will bud and put forth shoots like a plant."

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FEAR Jeremiah 10:6-7 Part 2 of 2

No one is like you, LORD; you are great, and your name is mighty in power. Who should not fear you, King of the nations? This is your due. Among all the wise leaders of the nations and in all their kingdoms, there is no one like you.

 King of the nations 

Isaiah 12:4  In that day you will say: "Give praise to the LORD, proclaim his name; make known among the nations what he has done, and proclaim that his name is exalted."

Revelation 15:3b-4  "Great and marvelous are your deeds, Lord God Almighty. Just and true are your ways King of the nations. Who will not fear you, Lord, and bring glory to your name? For you alone are holy. all nations will come and worship before you, for your righteous acts have been revealed."

Among all the wise leaders of the nations and in all their kingdoms, there is no one like you 

Isaiah 19:12  Where are your wise men now? Let them show you and make known what the LORD Almighty has planned against Egypt.

Isaiah 29:14  "Therefore once more I will astound these people with wonder upon wonder; the wisdom of the wise will perish, the intelligence of the intelligent will vanish."

1 Corinthians 1:20 Where is the wise person? Where is the teacher of the law? Where is the philosopher of this age? Has not God made foolish the wisdom of the world?

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FEAR Jeremiah 10:6-7 Part 1 of 2

No one is like you, LORD; you are great, and your name is mighty in power. Who should not fear you, King of the nations? This is your due. Among all the wise leaders of the nations and in all their kingdoms, there is no one like you.

No one is like you, LORD 

Exodus 8:10  "Tomorrow," Pharaoh said. Moses replied, "It will be as you say, so that you may know there is no one like the LORD our God."

Psalm 86:8  Among the gods there is none like you, LORD; no deeds can compare with yours.

you are great, and your name is mighty in power 

2 Samuel 7:22  "How great you are, Sovereign LORD! There is no one like you, and there is no God but you, as we have heard with our own ears."

Psalm 48:1  Great is the LORD, and most worthy of praise, in the city of our God, his holy mountain.

Jeremiah 16:21  "Therefore I will teach them--this time I will teach them my power and might. Then they will know that my name is the LORD."

Who should not fear you 

Jeremiah 5:22  "Should you not fear me?" declares the LORD. "Should you not tremble in my presence? I made the sand a boundary for the sea, an everlasting barrier it cannot cross. The waves may roll, but they cannot prevail; they may roar, but they cannot cross it."

King of the nations 

Psalm 22:27-28  All the ends of the earth will remember and turn to the LORD, and all the families of the nations will bow down before him, for dominion belongs to the LORD and he rules over the nations.

Psalm 47:8-9  God reigns over the nations; God is seated on his holy throne. The nobles of the nations assemble as the people of the God of Abraham, for the kings of the earth belong to God; he is greatly exalted.

Psalm 96:10  Say among the nations, "The LORD reigns." The world is firmly established. It cannot be moved; he will judge the peoples with equity.

Genesis 28:15  "I am with you and will watch over you wherever you go, and I will bring you back to this land. I will not leave you until I have done what I have promised you."

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FEAR Isaiah 54:14

"In righteousness you will be established: Tyranny will be far from you; you will have nothing to fear. Terror will be far removed; it will not come near you."

In righteousness 

Isaiah 26:2  Open the gates that the righteous nation may enter, the nation that keeps faith.

you will be established 

Jeremiah 30:20  " 'Their children will be as in days of old, and their community will be established before me; I will punish all who oppress them.' "

Tyranny will be far from you 

2 Samuel 7:10-11  " 'And I will provide a place for my people Israel and will plant them so that they can have a home of their own and no longer be disturbed. Wicked people will not oppress them anymore as they did at the beginning and have done ever since the time I appointed leaders over my people Israel. I will also give you rest from all your enemies. The LORD declares to you that the LORD himself will establish a house for you: ...' "

Isaiah 9:4  For as in the days of Midian's defeat, you have shattered the yoke that burdens them, the bar across their shoulders, the rod of their oppressor.

you will have nothing to fear 

Zephaniah 3:15  The LORD has taken away your punishment, he has turned back your enemy. The LORD, the King of Israel, is with you; never again will you fear any harm.

Zechariah 9:8  But I will encamp at my temple to guard it against marauding forces. Never again will an oppressor overrun my people, for now I am keeping watch.

Terror will be far removed, it will not come near you 

Isaiah 17:13-14  Although the peoples roar like the roar of surging waters, when he rebukes them they flee far away, driven before the wind like chaff on the hills, like tumbleweed before a gale. In the evening, sudden terror! Before morning they are gone! This is the portion of those who loot us, the lot of those who plunder us.

Isaiah 14:3-4  On the day the LORD gives you relief from your suffering and turmoil and from the harsh labor forced on you, you will take up this taunt against the king of Babylon: How the oppressor has come to an end! How his fury has ended!

Isaiah 33:18-19  In your thoughts you will ponder the former terror: "Where is that chief officer? Where is the one who took the revenue? Where is the officer in charge of the towers?" You will see those arrogant people no more, people whose speech is obscure, whose language is strange and incomprehensible.

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FEAR Isaiah 51:7-8

"Hear me, you who know what is right, you people who have taken my instruction to heart: Do not fear the reproach of mere mortals or be terrified by their insults. For the moth will eat them up like a garment; the worm will devour them like wool. But my righteousness will last forever, my salvation through all generations."

Hear me, you who know what is right 

Isaiah 51:1  "Listen to me, you who pursue righteousness and who seek the LORD: Look to the rock from which you were cut and to the quarry from which you were hewn; ..."

you people who have taken my instruction to heart 

Deuteronomy 6:6  These commandments that I give you today are to be on your hearts.

Psalm 119:11  I have hidden your word in my heart that I might not sin against you.

Do not fear the reproach of mere mortals or be terrified by their insults 

Psalm 119:39  Take away the disgrace I dread, for your laws are good.

Isaiah 50:7  Because the Sovereign LORD helps me, I will not be disgraced. Therefore have I set my face like flint, and I know I will not be put to shame.

Isaiah 54:4  "Do not be afraid; you will not be put to shame. Do not fear disgrace; you will not be humiliated. You will forget the shame of your youth and remember no more the reproach of your widowhood."

Matthew 5:11  "Blessed are you when people insult you, persecute you and falsely say all kinds of evil against you because of me."

Luke 6:22  "Blessed are you when people hate you, when they exclude you and insult you and reject your name as evil, because of the Son of Man."

Acts 5:41  The apostles left the Sanhedrin, rejoicing because they had been counted worthy of suffering disgrace for the Name.

For the moth will eat them up like a garment 

Job 13:28  "So man wastes away like something rotten, like a garment eaten by moths."

James 5:2  Your wealth has rotted, and moths have eaten your clothes.

the worm will devour them like wool 

Isaiah 14:11  All your pomp has been brought down to the grave, along with the noise of your harps; maggots are spread out beneath you and worms cover you.

But my righteousness will last forever 

Isaiah 51:6  "Lift up your eyes to the heavens, look at the earth beneath; the heavens will vanish like smoke, the earth will wear out like a garment and its inhabitants die like flies. But my salvation will last forever, my righteousness will never fail."

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FEAR Isaiah 43:1

But now, this is what the LORD says--he who created you, Jacob, he who formed you, Israel: "Do not fear, for I have redeemed you; I have summoned you by name; you are mine."

he who created you 

Isaiah 27:11  When its twigs are dry, they are broken off and women come and make fires with them. For this is a people without understanding; so their Maker has no compassion on them, and their Creator shows them no favor.

he who formed you 

Isaiah 43:6-7  "I will say to the north, 'Give them up!' and to the south, 'Do not hold them back.' Bring my sons from afar and my daughters from the ends of the earth--everyone who is called by my name, whom I created for my glory, whom I formed and made."

Genesis 2:7  Then the LORD God formed a man from the dust of the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man became a living being.

Israel 

Genesis 32:28  Then the man said, "Your name will no longer be Jacob, but Israel, because you have struggled with God and with humans and have overcome."

Isaiah 44:21  "Remember these things, Jacob, for you, Israel, are my servant. I have made you, you are my servant; Israel, I will not forget you."

Do not fear, for I have redeemed you 

Exodus 6:6  "Therefore, say to the Israelites: 'I am the LORD, and I will bring you out from under the yoke of the Egyptians. I will free you from being slaves to them, and I will redeem you with an outstretched arm and with mighty acts of judgment.' "

Job 19:25  "I know that my redeemer lives, and that in the end he will stand on the earth."

I have summoned you by name 

Isaiah 42:6  "I, the LORD, have called you in righteousness; I will take hold of your hand. I will keep you and will make you to be a covenant for the people and a light for the Gentiles."

Isaiah 45:3-4  "I will give you hidden treasures, riches stored in secret places, so that you may know that I am the LORD, the God of Israel, who summons you by name. For the sake of Jacob my servant, of Israel my chosen, I summon you by name and bestow on you a title of honor, though you do not acknowledge me."

Isaiah 49:1  Listen to me, you islands; hear this, you distant nations: Before I was born the LORD called me; from my mother's womb he has spoken my name.

you are mine 

Deuteronomy 7:6  For you are a people holy to the LORD your God. The LORD your God has chosen you out of all the peoples on the face of the earth to be his people, his treasured possession.

Malachi 3:17  "On the day when I act," says the LORD Almighty, "they will be my treasured possession. I will spare them, just as a father has compassion and spares his son who serves him."

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FEAR Isaiah 41:13

 "For I am the LORD your God who takes hold of your right hand and says to you, Do not fear; I will help you."

For I am the LORD your God who takes hold of your right hand 

Psalm 73:23  Yet I am always with you; you hold me by my right hand.

Isaiah 42:6-7  "I, the LORD, have called you in righteousness; I will take hold of your hand. I will keep you and will make you to be a covenant for the people and a light for the Gentiles, to open eyes that are blind, to free captives from prison and to release from the dungeon those who sit in darkness."

Isaiah 45:1-3  "This is what the LORD says to his anointed, to Cyrus, whose right hand I take hold of to subdue nations before him and to strip kings of their armor, to open doors before him so that gates will not be shut: I will go before you and will level the mountains; I will break down gates of bronze and cut through bars of iron. I will give you hidden treasures, riches stored in secret places, so that you may know that I am the LORD, the God of Israel, who summons you by name."

Isaiah 51:17-18  Awake, awake! Rise up, Jerusalem, you who have drunk from the hand of the LORD the cup of his wrath, you who have drained to its dregs the goblet that makes people stagger. Among all the children she bore there was none to guide her; among all the children she reared there was none to take her by the hand.

and who says to you, Do not fear; I will help you 

Isaiah 41:10  "So do not fear, for I am with you; do not be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you and help you; I will uphold you with my righteous right hand."

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FEAR Isaiah 41:10 Part 3 of 3

"So do not fear, for I am with you; do not be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you and help you; I will uphold you with my righteous right hand."

I will uphold you 

Psalm 18:35  You make your saving help my shield, and your right hand sustains me; your help has made me great.

Psalm 119:117  Uphold me, and I will be delivered; I will always have regard for your decrees.

with my righteous right hand 

Exodus 3:20  "So I will stretch out my hand and strike the Egyptians with all the wonders that I will perform among them. After that, he will let you go."

Exodus 15:6  "Your right hand, LORD, was majestic in power. Your right hand, LORD, shattered the enemy."

Exodus 15:12  "You stretch out your right hand, and the earth swallows your enemies."

Job 40:14  "Then I myself will admit to you that your own right hand can save you."

Psalm 20:6  Now this I know: The LORD gives victory to his anointed. He answers him from his heavenly sanctuary with the victorious power of his right hand.

Psalm 48:10  Like your name, O God, your praise reaches to the ends of the earth; your right hand is filled with righteousness.

Psalm 89:13  Your arm is endowed with power; your hand is strong, your right hand exalted.

Psalm 98:1  Sing to the LORD a new song, for he has done marvelous things; his right hand and his holy arm have worked salvation for him.

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FEAR Isaiah 41:10 Part 2 of 3

"So do not fear, for I am with you; do not be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you and help you; I will uphold you with my righteous right hand."

I will strengthen you 

Psalm 68:35  You, God, are awesome in your sanctuary; the God of Israel gives power and strength to his people. Praise be to God!

Psalm 119:28  My soul is weary with sorrow; strengthen me according to your word.

and help you 

Isaiah 41:13-14  "For I am the LORD your God who takes hold of your right hand and says to you, Do not fear; I will help you. Do not be afraid, you worm Jacob, little Israel, do not fear, for I myself will help you," declares the LORD, your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel. 

Isaiah 44:2  "This is what the LORD says--he who made you, who formed you in the womb, and who will help you: Do not be afraid, Jacob, my servant, Jeshurun, whom I have chosen."

Isaiah 49:8-9a  This is what the LORD says: "In the time of my favor I will answer you, and in the day of salvation I will help you; I will keep you and will make you to be a covenant for the people, to restore the land and to reassign its desolate inheritances, to say to the captives, 'Come out,' and to those in darkness, 'Be free!' "

Isaiah 50:7  Because the Sovereign LORD helps me, I will not be disgraced. Therefore have I set my face like flint, and I know I will not be put to shame.

Isaiah 50:9  It is the Sovereign LORD who helps me. Who will condemn me? They will all wear out like a garment; the moths will eat them up.

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FEAR Isaiah 41:10 Part 1 of 3

"So do not fear, for I am with you; do not be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you and help you; I will uphold you with my righteous right hand."

 

So do not fear 

Genesis 15:1 After this the word of the LORD came to Abram in a vision: "Do not be afraid, Abram. I am your shield, your very great reward."

for I am with you 

Deuteronomy 3:22  "Do not be afraid of them; the LORD your God himself will fight for you."

Joshua 1:9  "Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged, for the LORD your God will be with you wherever you go."

Isaiah 43:2  "When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; and when you pass through the rivers, they will not sweep over you. When you walk through the fire, you will not be burned; the flames will not set you ablaze."

Isaiah 43:5  "Do not be afraid, for I am with you; I will bring your children from the east and gather you from the west."

Jeremiah 30:10  " 'So do not be afraid, Jacob my servant; do not be dismayed, Israel,' declares the LORD. 'I will surely save you out of a distant place, your descendants from the land of their exile. Jacob will again have peace and security, and no one will make him afraid.' "

Jeremiah 46:27-28  "Do not be afraid, Jacob my servant; do not be dismayed, Israel. I will surely save you out of a distant place, your descendants from the land of their exile. Jacob will again have peace and security, and no one will make him afraid. Do not be afraid, Jacob my servant, for I am with you," declares the LORD. "Though I completely destroy all the nations among which I scatter you, I will not completely destroy you. I will discipline you but only in due measure; I will not let you go entirely unpunished."

Romans 8:31  What, then, shall we say in response to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us?

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FEAR Isaiah 35:3-4 Part 2 of 2

Strengthen the feeble hands, steady the knees that give way; say to those with fearful hearts, "Be strong, do not fear; your God will come, he will come with vengeance; with divine retribution he will come to save you."

 

Be strong, do not fear 

Joshua 1:9  "Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged, for the LORD your God will be with you wherever you go."

Isaiah 7:4  "Say to him, 'Be careful, keep calm and don't be afraid. Do not lose heart because of these two smoldering stubs of firewood--because of the fierce anger of Rezin and Aram and the son of Remaliah.' "

Daniel 10:19  "Do not be afraid, you who are highly esteemed," he said. "Peace! Be strong now; be strong." When he spoke to me, I was strengthened and said, "Speak, my lord, since you have given me strength."

your God will come 

Isaiah 40:9-11  You who bring good news to Zion, go up on a high mountain. You who bring good news to Jerusalem, lift up your voice with a shout, lift it up, do not be afraid; say to the towns of Judah, "Here is your God!" See, the Sovereign LORD comes with power, and he rules with a mighty arm. See, his reward is with him, and his recompense accompanies him. He tends his flock like a shepherd: He gathers the lambs in his arms and carries them close to his heart; he gently leads those that have young."

Isaiah 51:5  "My righteousness draws near speedily, my salvation is on the way, and my arm will bring justice to the nations. The islands will look to me and wait in hope for my arm."

Isaiah 62:11  The LORD has made the proclamation to the ends of the earth: "Say to Daughter Zion, 'See, your Savior comes! See, his reward is with him, and his recompense accompanies him.' "

Revelation 22:12  "Look, I am coming soon! My reward is with me, and I will give to each person according to what they have done."

he will come with vengeance 

Isaiah 1:24  Therefore the Lord, the LORD Almighty, the Mighty One of Israel, declares: "Ah! I will vent my wrath on my foes and avenge myself on my enemies."

Isaiah 34:8  For the LORD has a day of vengeance, a year of retribution to uphold Zion's cause.

he will come to save you 

Isaiah 25:9  In that day they will say, "Surely this is our God; we trusted in him, and he saved us. This is the LORD, we trusted in him; let us rejoice and be glad in his salvation."

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